Rare King Ramses II statue unearthed in Mit Rahina

A team of archaeologists unearthed a rare statue of King Ramses II yesterday in Giza’s Mit Rahina, according to an Antiquities Ministry statement. The team discovered the upper part of the statue, made of rare pink granite, with the Ka symbol (Egyptian soul form). This marks the second over Ka statue to be found, and the first granite Ka statue discovery.